Yearly Archives: 2004

Future of Siemens phone biz questioned

Following several quarters of sluggish results, as well as a damaging phone software glitch, industry is rife with rumors that Siemens plans to shake...

Russia’s MTS signs i-mode agreement

MOSCOW-I-mode mobile Internet service is coming to Russia and Eastern Europe under an agreement between Japanese i-mode creator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Russia's largest...

Court agrees to hear $400M suit against Qualcomm

The New York State Supreme Court has a greed to hear the case involving Russian telecom contractor Whale Telecom in a $400 million breach-of-contract...

MMS growth expected despite challenges

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-The global market for multimedia messaging services will more than double next year, reaching $42.5 billion, according to a new report from...

Verizon Wireless boosts Calif. EV-DO coverage

IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it has extended coverage of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess network to nearly all of Los Angeles county, as well...

Rogers Wireless loans $1.4B to parent company

TORONTO-Canadian wireless provider Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. reported that its board of directors had approved a loan of up to $1.4 billion to parent...

Half of applications for Jan. auction must be resubmitted: FCC returns applications from Verizon Wireless, Cook Inlet, Cricket

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it had received 49 applications to participate in the Jan. 26 auction of licenses returned by bankrupt NextWave...

DoCoMo hits 1 Gbps data rate with 4G technology

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s journey to fourth-generation technologies earned a boost as the carrier achieved a 1 gigabits per second data rate in downlink high-speed...

Symbian, USA Mobility announce executive changes

LONDON-Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced David Levin, the company's chief executive officer, will leave the post at the end of March. Levin will...

SkyZone to bring encyclopedia to cell phones

BURLINGTON, Vt.-SkyZone Entertainment and Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. have partnered to launch Britannica Mobile, which makes 28,000 entries available to mobile-phone users.The service will be...

Telekom Austria acquires call option to buy Bulgarian wireless operator

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said Friday it acquired a call option to purchase Bulgarian wireless carrier Mobiltel AD. The call option gives the Austrian carrier...

Shazam offers music recognition service in London

LONDON-Shazam Entertainment announced a partnership with The Link that calls for Shazam's mobile music recognition service to be made available at 300 of The...

MmO2 completes HSDPA trials with Nortel

LONDON-U.K.-based wireless carrier MmO2 has successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with wireless supplier Nortel...

Hutchison reports nearly 6M 3G subscribers

Third-generation wireless carrier Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. said it has nearly 6 million subscribers of its 3G services around the world. The 5.9 million subscriber...

InCode partners with European fraud management firm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telecom revenue assurance and fraud management company Visual Wireless and inCode, a wireless technology and business consulting firm, have signed a strategic partnership...

InfoSpace buys third gaming company this year: @Road acquires Vidus

Wireless Internet company InfoSpace Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of German wireless gaming company Elkware GmbH for $26 million in cash....

Cellular One of Ariz. selects Ceragon for backhaul

TEL AVIV, Israel-Broadband wireless systems provider Ceragon Networks Ltd. said it has received an order to supply $1.3 million worth of its FibeAir products...

Freescale allies for ZigBee

LINDON, Utah-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said it has partnered with MaxStream Inc. to roll out ZigBee wireless products. ZigBee is a short-range technology that enables...

Unique, advanced phones hit the market

Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division of...

Lightbridge to cut 9% of staff

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it will cut 36 positions, or 9 percent of its work force, due to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s acquisition of AT&T...

Alcatel completes Spatial Wireless buy

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has completed the acquisition of Spatial Wireless, which makes software-based switching solutions. Alcatel first announced the $250 million buy in...

iPCS boosts quarterly customer adds

Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc., which recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, said it added 7,500 customers between July 2 and Sept. 30...

4RF introduces 2 GHz system

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-4RF Communications, a digital UHF and microwave radio product developer, introduced its new 2 GHz version of its Aprisa XE digital microwave...

Motorola secures Nextel relationship with contract extension

Motorola Inc.'s relationship with Nextel Communications Inc. marches on in spite of the carrier's anticipated merger with Sprint PCS.The vendor announced it has signed...

Leap adds downloadable ringtone service

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 9 Squared Inc.'s RealTone JukeBox music downloads to its BREW-based Cricket Clicks offering. The carrier said the application...
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